Demographic processes limit upward altitudinal range expansion in a threatened tropical palm. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2018 AbstractUnderstanding the factors that determine species’ range limits is a key issue in ecology, and is fundamental for biodiversity conservation under widespread global environmental change. Elucidating how altitudinal variation affects demographic processes may provide important clues for understanding the factors limiting current and future species
de Souza AC, Portela RCQ, de Mattos EA.
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Patterns and Geographical Mechanism of Altitudinal Belts in Tropical African Mountains [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionAltitudinal belts exhibit substantial variation across the world's mountains in number, typology, combination patterns, and vertical range. However, the conditions under which specific belts occur and the climatic factors influencing their vertical range
Jiayu Li +4 more
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Altitudinal range-size distribution of breeding birds and environmental factors for the determination of species richness: An empirical test of altitudinal Rapoport's rule and non-directional rescue effect on a local scale. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 Range-size distributions are important for understanding species richness patterns and led to the development of the controversial Rapoport's rule and Rapoport-rescue effect.
Jin-Yong Kim +4 more
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Simuliids (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Eastern Andalusia (Spain): Update and New Contributions [PDF]
InsectsThis study enhances and improves the current knowledge of blackfly diversity in the mountainous regions of Eastern Andalusia, with a focus on how simuliid species are distributed through altitude.
David López-Peña +4 more
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Diversity, 2023 Climate is critical for plant altitudinal distribution patterns. Non-climatic factors also have important effects on vegetation altitudinal distribution in mountain regions.
Hongzhu Liang +4 more
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From lowlands to highlands: how elevation and habitat complexity drive anuran multidimensional diversity? [PDF]
PeerJBackground Montane environments in Neotropical regions are known for their rich diversity of amphibians, but the ecological drivers behind this diversity along altitudinal gradients remain poorly understood. We investigated the effects of the altitudinal
Iuri Ribeiro Dias +7 more
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Documenting six decades of change in herpetofauna occurrence patterns in a mountain ecosystem [PDF]
Scientific ReportsHigh-quality distribution data are essential for conservation planning but, are often scarce for mountain ecosystems. We integrated six decades of published and unpublished distribution records of herpetofauna from a mountain national park in Romania ...
Dan Cogălniceanu +7 more
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A new occurrence record for the Vulnerable Rhinella rumbolli (Carrizo, 1992) (Anura, Bufonidae) in Tarija, Bolivia [PDF]
Check List, 2021 We present a new altitudinal record for Salta Toad, Rhinella rumbolli (Carrizo, 1992). This species is recorded in northern Argentina and southern Bolivia from 700 to 1800 m a.s.l.
Patricia Mendoza-Miranda +3 more
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Environmental Challenges, 2021 The Himalayan biodiversity hotspot with high species diversity, is lesser-known in terms of the seasonal variations within the bird community across different land uses especially in and around human modified land use areas.
Sumit Kumar Arya +1 more
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Mammalian herbivores restrict the altitudinal range limits of alpine plants
Ecology Letters, 2021 Abstract Although rarely experimentally tested, biotic interactions have long been hypothesised to limit low‐elevation range boundaries of species. We tested the effects of herbivory on three alpine‐restricted plant species by transplanting plants below (novel), at the edge (limit), or in the centre (core) of their current elevational
Joshua S. Lynn +2 more
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